Labour taxes and unemployment evidence from a panel unobserved component model
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This paper estimates the impact of labour taxes on unemployment using a panel of yearly observations (1970-2005) for 16 OECD countries. Possible heterogeneity of the unemployment incidence of taxes is taken into account by grouping countries according to their wage-setting institutions. Panel data unit root and cointegration tests show that unemployment and labour tax rates are non-stationary but not cointegrated. As this finding may be induced by missing non-stationary variables, we set up a panel unobserved component model. Labour taxes are found to have a positive impact on unemployment only in countries characterised by strong but decentralised unions.Download Info
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Volume (Year): 34 (2010)
Issue (Month): 3 (March)
Pages: 354-364
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Keywords: Labour taxes Unemployment Panel cointegration Unobserved components Kalman filter;Other versions of this item:
- T. Berger & G. Everaert, 2007. "Labour Taxes and Unemployment Evidence from a Panel Unobserved Component Model," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 07/478, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
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